This blog will take you through the steps of building a kayak. These kinds of various resources on the internet have helped me in my build with tips and lessons, learning from others, also in choosing which company to buy the basic kit from and which of the many available models to choose from. Hopefully, it will do the same for you.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Filling the weave.

It took 2 more days to fully fill the weave on the bottom hull, a lot of real estate to cover, up to 3 pieces of cloth in some places.

I used very thin coats using a 4" sponge roller to fill the weave. These go on fast. No big deal, not in a hurry, something that can be done quick on weekdays after work. It is the first coat and wetting out the glass that needs a weekend day free for the job.

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Welcome to my kayak building blog.

This Shearwater 16 model was purchased from Chesapeake Light Craft and is a 'stitch and glue' type model. There is also a hybrid version of this hull, which is a stitch and glue bottom with a strip built deck. I think the strip built decks look much nicer and are customizable, making your own boat more unique with color and pattern but for the first build I decided to stick to stitch and glue.

My build is not finished yet, so that picture for the front page will have to wait.....

......well maybe not. It looks like the new posts on the blogs go up top, perhaps for the best, the latest posts and pictures up top, in case you are following the build from the beginning.

You can click any of the pictures to see a larger version of that picture.